The Big View

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October 27 The silver lining in Europe’s dark economic clouds
Ageing workers, high debt, obsolete tech and polarised politics weigh on the continent’s prospects. But is the gloom excessive? In this episode of The Big View, ING Chief Economist Marieke Blom tells Peter Thal Larsen some flaws are exaggerated and others a chance to catch up.

Marieke Blom: Europe’s Pitch Book
Mario Draghi: The Draghi report on EU competitiveness
Breakingviews: Why Europe could be the real winner of the AI boom
The Big View: Why central bankers face an inflation reckoning
The Big View: How a French building giant tackled fragmentation

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37 min
October 20 Why the Everything Bubble keeps on inflating
Stock markets are flashing familiar warnings: abundant liquidity, high leverage, frantic trading, and exuberant retail investors. In this episode of The Big View, the financial historian Edward Chancellor tells Peter Thal Larsen why this market may be the most speculative ever.

Edward Chancellor: “The Everything Bubble is back and bigger than ever”
Edward Chancellor: “China’s slow bull market is poised to take off”
The Big View: “A stock market veteran’s view on the AI bubble”
The Big View: “How AI shockwaves ripple through financial markets”
The Big View: “What financial history tells us about the AI boom”

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42 min
October 13 The fragile undersea cables that connect the world
Global data traffic depends on a 1.4 mln-kilometre underwater network that has become a geopolitical battleground. On this episode of The Big View Katja Bego, author of ‘Deep Connections’, tells Peter Thal Larsen why the cables are vulnerable, and whether they can become less so.

Katja Bego: Deep Connections: The Hidden Battles to Control Subsea Cables
The Big View: Why trade flows are so enduring and hard to stop
The Big View: How the Strait of Hormuz changes economic warfare
The Big View: The perks and penalties of waging economic war
The Big View: The power and peril of American economic warfare

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43 min
October 06 How financial markets became even more manic
The notion that stocks and bonds follow a rational path has been widely debunked. But are idiosyncrasies becoming more visible? In this episode of The Big View Peter Thal Larsen and Alex Edmans, author of ‘The Madness of Markets’, debate how the rules of investing have changed.

Alex Edmans: “The Madness of Markets: Why Smart Investors Make Crazy Decisions and How to Exploit Them”

The Big View: A stock market veteran’s view of the AI bubble
The Big View: Bond markets are cause for concern and celebration
The Big View: Does Elon Musk represent a new form of capitalism?

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34 min
September 29 The right way to prepare future workers for AI
Teaching kids to code was supposed to equip them for tomorrow. Then artificial intelligence came along. In this episode of The Big View, academic and author Daniel Susskind tells Peter Thal Larsen why predicting future jobs is folly and why critical thinking will matter more.

Daniel Susskind: “What Should My Children Do? A Human’s Guide to the Age of AI”
Daniel Susskind: “A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond”
The Big View: McKinsey’s CFO on the benefits and costs of AI
The Big View: A stock market veteran’s view on the AI bubble
The Big View: OpenAI’s curious business conundrum

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46 min
September 22 Bond markets are cause for concern and celebration
With US debt at $40 trln and yields near two-decade highs, government bonds are causing economic jitters. On this episode of The Big View, financial journalist Robin Wigglesworth tells Peter Thal Larsen how state borrowing built the modern world – with many bumps along the way.

Robin Wigglesworth: “A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern World”

The Big View: Why central bankers face an inflation reckoning

The Big View: Global currencies have a rich past and poor future

The Big View: How AI shockwaves ripple through financial markets

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46 min
September 15 How CEOs are adapting to new rules of power
Today’s business leaders spent most of their careers in an era of relative stability. In this episode of The Big View, strategist Tina Fordham tells Peter Thal Larsen why geopolitical uncertainty is here to stay – and what unexpected shocks companies should be preparing for.

Tina Fordham: “Mad World: A Geostrategy Survival Guide for Leaders”
Liaquat Ahamed: “1873: The First Great Depression and the Making of the Modern World”
The Big View: How the US election affects the rest of the world
The Big View: The Gulf energy crisis and the US-China showdown
The Big View: How the Strait of Hormuz changes economic warfare
The Big View: The perks and penalties of waging economic war
The Big View: Securing joined-up markets in a fractured world
The Big View: How a French building giant tackled fragmentation

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42 min
September 08 How Apollo rewrote the rules of Wall Street
The private equity and credit firm elbowed aside big banks to amass $1 trln of assets. In this episode of The Big View, William D. Cohan, author of ‘Money to Burn’, and Peter Thal Larsen discuss how Apollo rose from the 1990s junk bond wreck and whether its new model will endure.

William Cohan, “Money to Burn: The Unvarnished Truth About Leon Black, Apollo, and the Rise of a New Wall Street”

The Big View: Private equity sets its sights on the little guy

The Big View: The debit and credit of the private lending boom

The Big View: Why private credit is shrinking as it booms

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50 min
September 01 Why trade flows are so enduring and hard to stop
Donald Trump’s tariffs and Chinese rare earths have scrambled global commerce. Yet as Ed Conway describes in ‘Trade World’, rulers have wielded chokepoints for centuries, with mixed results. In this episode of The Big View, he tells Peter Thal Larsen that advantages rarely last.

Ed Conway: “Trade World: The Ties that Bound Our Past and Could Unravel Our Future”

Leonard Read: “I, Pencil”

The Big View: How the Strait of Hormuz changes economic warfare

The Big View: The power and peril of American economic warfare

The Big View: Donald Trump’s biggest trade shock is yet to come

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46 min
August 25 An economist’s plan to salvage liberal democracy
Daron Acemoglu has spent years studying the origins of prosperity. Now he says the institutions, laws and freedoms that made the West rich are under threat. On this episode of The Big View, the Nobel laureate tells Peter Thal Larsen why any solution starts with the working class.

Daron Acemoglu: What Happened to Liberal Democracy?
Nobel Lecture
Daron Acemoglu, David Autor and Simon Johnson: Building Pro-Worker Artificial Intelligence
The Big View: Carl Benedikt Frey
The Big View: Mariana Mazzucato
The Big View: Branko Milanovic
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46 min

About The Big View

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Reuters Breakingviews columnists tap their best contacts to explore the biggest issues driving business and markets today. Every Tuesday, Global Editor Peter Thal Larsen and his team tackle a pressing question with a senior executive, financier, policymaker, or other expert. The Big View helps you understand what is going on, explore all sides of the argument, and think about what happens next.